AI assistants · 4 alternatives

Instead of Google Gemini, try one of these 4.

Every alternative is lined up against Google Gemini on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Google Gemini sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
Google GeminiWhat you have now
Google’s multimodal AI, woven into its apps.
PriceFreemium
advanced $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
The AI assistant that started the current wave.
PriceFreemium
plus $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android · Mac · Win
Claude#2Our pick
Anthropic’s AI, praised for coding and long context.
PriceFreemium
pro $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android · Mac · Win
AI search that answers with cited sources.
PriceFreemium
pro $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
AI assistant bundled into Windows and Office.
PriceFreemium
pro $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · Win · iOS · Android

How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. Our pick, marked in lime, is the option we would point most people leaving Google Gemini to first. How we compare.

Google Gemini alternatives at a glance

Google Gemini is a freemium ai assistants app (advanced $20/mo). We compared 4 alternatives: 0 are open source, 0 are completely free, 0 can be self-hosted and 0 work fully offline. The most popular is ChatGPT, with 4.6k likes, while our pick is Claude.

Most liked overallChatGPT

The AI assistant that started the current wave.

Freemium